Maintaining a healthy brain is another good reason people should take action on diet, blood pressure, exercise, alcohol, social interaction and more.

Scientists consider how unexpected awakenings in dementia patients might shed new light on the disease

A new tool “scores” patients based on the impact of their multiple chronic conditions.

Many people in their 50s and early 60s buy supplements or do puzzles in hopes of staving off memory loss.

A long-standing puzzle about long-term memory processing may be solved. The method: monitoring the brain activity of sleeping rats after they complete a new maze.

Memories of trauma are unique because of how brains and bodies respond to threat.